Monday, January 26, 2009

Good Morning Peeps!Gotta busy day planned today,so I am going to TRY and makethis short and sweet!No, I didn't get out this weekendto take pictures, it was toooo darn COLD!Hubby and I had a date night on Friday,we try to do that at least once a month.Nothing too elaborate, just to spendsome quality time together. I feel likeI should do that once a month, since Iam on this computer so much! LOLWe went to a flea market type of place,just to look around. Then out to dinner.Nice evening with hubby and back on thecomputer this weekend.

Now to some scrappin' stuff...Kim has some new CU items in her store andJazz has the Funky Love Lines Word Art..all thislovey dovey stuff.... I guess that is whatValentines is all about, ughhhh... I don'thave any lovey dovey photos laying around here,except of my wedding album, which I was planningon making a scrapbook of this year, so thisgot me scanning my wedding pictures...I loveto be organized, and go in order, but it's notgonna happen with this...so I started in the middle...LOL We will be married 22 years in April, gosh,does time fly...anywayy, here is my layout, I diduse Kim's new goodies and Jazzy's wordart.

And the good news for all you peeps, if you wantthe QP... it's yours....just click on the preview,leave some lovin'... and you can have it!

If you want to make your own page with thisgorgeous stuff, head on over to their stores andpick it up, it's still on sale!!!Go HERE to Kim's store.Here is a peek of all her new goodies:

Here is Funky Love Lines:

And Jazz got some new wordart coming out todaycalled Girl Power, check it out!

Just click the preview and it'll take you rightto her store!

Well, that's got to be it for today, I havegot to run.... Ya'll have a great day anduntil next time, take care and stay safe!Chow for Now!!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Hello Peeps! The house is quiet! Everyone iswhere they should be, at last, a day to myself,pure heavennnnnnnn....LOL I am loving it!!!I have a bunch of stuff to get though today,even a freebie!!! And to stir things up I am goingto start with the freebie!I used Kim's new kit, Hearty Tarty and Jazzy's wordart All about Kids. I kinda scraplifted Jenni aka ChaosLounge'slayout, with my own twist, I just love her clustering!!!This is my niece Brooke.

And if you like to grab the QP just click below on thepreview. Don't forget your manners!!!

And if you haven't gotten the kit yet,click the preview to get it, it's still on sale!

Now, about my President layout, although I amhonored that some would like the layout to addto your scrapbook, I gotta say, I don't think youwant this one, I spelled his name wrong!!! Ican be such a numphy sometimes, so I haveto somehow fix that, and at this time, I don't havetime! But I have a great idea, why don't you makeyour own (Barack is spelled with one 'R') LOLand share it with everyone!!! I am surewe would all love to see it!

I got an award for Shirley aka Xashee's Corner!She is sooo sweet, she stops by all the timeand leaves such wonderful comments to alot of peeps!And now she is giving out this Lemonade Award!How excitingggggg!!! Thanks so much Shirley!!!!

Here are the rules:1. Put the logo on your blog or post.2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!3. Link to your nominees within your post.4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.5. Share the love and link to this post with the person from whom you received your award.

Before I end this for the day, I want to let you allknow Kim got 2 new CU items up and they areawesome!!! Made with Love part 1 and 2..Both are 25% off at the moment..Here is a preview of them, just click onthem to go to her store!

Well, it's time to make the chicken.... Have I ever toldyou how much I HATE chicken!!!! But I gotta have itat least 2 times a week, along with tuna fish and tonsof salad!!! But so far, so good, I'm down 6 lbs and 2 inchesfrom my waist..YIPPIEEE, but I still got a long way to gooo.I have been drinking so much water, I think I am floatingsometimes, that and running to the bathroom, now whois using all the TP....hahahahahahaha, NOT ME.....LOL

Ok peeps have a good weekend, I think I am goingout somewhere and get practice with my camera, notsure where yet, but I am itching to use my new zoomlens. Take Care and be safe!Chow for now!!!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Just a quick post tonight.I just wanted to say thank youto everyone who left a commentabout the teenage situation.I know I am not the only onein this world who is having adifficult time with these years.I have just needed to vent lately,cause it seems like anything I sayto these kids anymore just goes inone ear and out the other, I knowthis pass and I can't wait. Just wantyou all to know how grateful I amto have others out there knowingwhat I am going through.I thank you for all your advice!!!See, at one time, I wouldgo to my mom, cause she just kneweverything and would tell me likeit was, it's times like these that Imiss her the most!! Now I have torely on others and that is kinda hardfor me. Soooo THANK YOU!!! I havetook everyone you said to heart andwill get through this come hell or highwater!!!

Today history was made! As I sat andwatched the 44th president being swornin, I prayed for a better world for all us.I am sure it's going to be one rough roadfor us all and not everyone is happy aboutthis, and those of you who have prejudices,you will have to come to terms with thatin your own way. I personally don't carewhat color his skin is, as long as he does hisjob and does it well!!! May God giveBarrack Obama the strength he is goingto need to steer this country back to wereit belongs!This layout I did for future generations...well, I guess, they all are....LOL

Monday, January 19, 2009

Good Evening Peeps, sorry I didn't blogthis morning, but I had to work today,I knew last week, so I got all my runningaround done yesterday. I guess I mademy kids happy when they found out I wasn'tgoing to be home today, actually so happythey decided to have their friends overand eat all the food I just bought. Heatherhad the day off from work and Amberhad off from school because of the holiday.As you can probably tell, I am not very happythis evening!!! I came home to finda sink full of dirty dishes and newspaperthrown all over place, Calgon take me AWAY!!!Maybe I can suck my brain into thiscomputer and forget they exist for a few hours,I just might feel better!!! I sure hope it works!!!I told my hubby the other night, that in 2 to 3 yearswe are moving out of state, I think thatis the only way to be free of them,they won't want to move with us, cause I am surethey can't leave their friends.I am so serious, this might be the perfectplan for all of us!I figured Heather will be 23 and Amber 19,they can go live their lives and I can seethem only on holidays! I talked to hubbyand he is more than fine with it!!!We want to move south, so we are thinkingNorth Carolina, there are a few people thatI know, that live there and I hear the beaches arebeautiful! It's a bit warmer there too.And I think it will be better than CALGON!!! LOLOkay enough of my ranting!!!

This is for Rita, I do want to apologize to you,I read your comment, and went as far aszipping them up into 2 files, something happenedand I totally forgot all about it! I am truly sorry ittook so long to download and I promise I willmake all smaller kits! ( as long as Idon't get side tracked...lol)

Ok, now onto some good things!!! I want toshow off some more layouts that peepshave done with my kits. Just a few.....

This Gorgeous One is by Omajo...

And the next two fantastic ones are from Eye...

Nanwu made this Outstanding layout of allher grandkids......

LOVE them all! Thanks guys!!!

I was playing a bit with OOB's and Ithink I finally got it... I soooo want to goto the zoo and I have been askinghubby to take me, but he always comesup with some excuse not to go, so Ifigured, there are loads of free zoo picturesout there and until I get there I'll makebelieve I went! LOL So here is my firstanimal.... the giraffe....

Well, I got lots of stuff scattered all overmy computer and I gotta get organized.I am hoping to have a freebie up by Friday andKim has another kit in the making, so I betterget started on that....Plus I have a very important phone to make,Little Zach turned 4 today, so I got to callhim up and sing to him. LOLHAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHSTER!!!!So until later this week,Ya'll take care and as always stay safe!Chow for Now!!!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Hello Peeps! Gotta few things that I want to sharewith you all... First one being, from EliaJean, shehad this post yesterday about how YOU can helpfight hunger in America, at first I thought, yeah right!What do I have to donate now, I already havemy favorite charities that I donate to. What is thisgonna cost me this time??? And actually I wasquite surprise...with just a click, I can help feedsomeone and it's not gonna cost me a dime, heyyy,I can do that!!!!! So my request to all you digiscrappin'peeps, if we all can do this, just once a day, maybeit will put a dent into feeding the hungry, Nope, wecan't help everyone out there, but how hard is itto just make one click everyday, we already doit a thousand or more times a day, what's one more!And EilaJean went and did some investigating intothis, here are some facts for you to read.

The link is below - if you would like to head over now and check it out...http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1

"This is the post on Snopes where she checkedout the validity of it...snopes.com: The Hunger Site http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/hungersite.asp

The Hunger Site Claim: You can direct money tohunger relief simply by clicking a button on a website.Status: True.Origins: Over the last few years we'veseen a plethora of altruistic appeals circulate onthe Internet, each one claiming that you coulddonate money to a worthy cause or right someterrible injustice — at no cost to you — merely bytaking some simple action, such as forwarding ane-mail message. (See our Jessica Mydek page for one example.)

All of these messages were hoaxes —until The Hunger Site came along. At The Hunger Site,you can "donate" money to hunger relief simply byclicking a button.How? The Hunger Site, the creation of John Breen,a 42-year-old computer programmer from Bloomington,Indiana, was funded by various companies who sponsoredthe site for a day. Every sponsor donated the approximatecost of 1/4 of a cup of food to the United Nations' WorldFood Program for each user who clicks on the site duringthe day. (If multiple companies were sponsoring the site, theamount of food donated was multiplied by the number of sponsors.)Breen created the site in June 1999 as a personal projectto help deal with hunger in developing countries, and theresponse was soon so overwhelming that he spent mostof his time administering the site even though he receivedno income, loans, grants, or donations to compensate himfor his time and effort or pay his expenses. Eventually TheHunger Site became part of GreaterGood.com, a shoppingportal where customers could direct up to 15% of the costof every purchase to causes they selected. GreaterGood.comceased operations in July 2001, and The Hunger Site wasemporarily shut down until CharityUSA.com took over itsoperations a few weeks later.

Other sites also offer similar means for visitors to aid various charities:l Animal Rescue Sitel The Breast Cancer Site

Now, what I did so I don't forget this is, I puta sign over there on my blog, so I can just clickit when I come in here. So come on peeps, yougot nothing to lose and someone has somethingto gain....like food!

Now onto scrappin stuff......Some wonderful peeps made layouts of mystuff and have either email them to me or I swipedthem out of galleries..LOLThis first one is by Nancy aka romancechick, she usedmy Fairytale Dreams Kit....

What a nice way to remember a memory! I too loveunicorns! And I used to be addicted to Avon, many, manymoons ago. Thanks Nancy, your layout is AWESOME!

These next 2 are layouts are from Rose Fest,But this one is made from a few different kits,This one is was done by Smile, she is the mostfunniest person, I have NEVER met....LOL We talkon the phone all the time, and she just cracks meup! How we wish we could be neighbors...but sheis in Canada and I am here in the States, to farto walk to get a cup of sugar....LOL But we hopeto meet one of these days...anyway here it is!

I LOVE it!!! See you can do GOOD layouts, it'sjust learning how to get them into the gallerythat she has a problem with.....LMAO

This Beautiful one was made by Susie aka twpclerk...

This Pretty one by Aggie, LOVE it!...

And last but not least, A stunner by Maureen aka Makeyesup...

Thanks to you all, you really make my day!!!

I am almost done with all my Christmas layouts,I think I got maybe 2 or 3 left to do.Here is one of a sweet little girl named Ambry,I do believe she is the cutest little girl ever!And she has this bubbly affect to her, that just makeeveryone fall in love with her instantly!

Cute, huh?

I also want to say Thanks to everyone whohas left a comment and a ty.... It's so greatto know that I am not the only one with thatpet peeve...and yes, I too, have tried havinga basket of tp right under the empty roll, butthat doesn't work either, I still think I gotta hideit, probably just for a day or two, until theyget SMART...., yeahhh right!!!! Who am Ikidding!!! They will probably use my goodtowels, then I would HAVE to kill them....LOLI swear when they move out, I am havingthe biggest celebration EVER... and NO, Ireally am NOT going to miss them, you willNEVER see me type "ohhh the kids are goneand the house is sooo quiet, I am goingcrazyyyy"....NOPE! NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When theydo move out, maybe I will get a housekeeper,cause then I could afford one! LOL

Well, that's all I got for tonight, it's reallycold here and they want it to get colder,(5 degrees, brrrrrrrrrrrr)we are expecting a few inches of that whitestuff, so I think I will get out of my workclothes and into my jams...YEAHHHH!!! andstay in them all day tomorrow!! LOL Oh, beforeI forget, I lost 4 lbs...wahoooooooooooo, only26 more to go! Well, actually more, but that ismy goal, I don't want to lose all this weightin one year, hahaha... and I do LOVE chocolate!I am craving it like crazy...but I have to lose10 lbs before I can have a bite of it! 6 moreto go....wahoooooooooo.....LOLOk, now I am done... until next time peeps,take care and stay safe!Chow for Now!!!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Hello Everyone! How ya’ll doing? Me, just wonderful, it’sbeen snowing all day today! Sure looks pretty, so whatdoes one do when it's snowing? Get in the car andgo to a sisters house, filled with kids! LOL Of course,by the time I got there, they were freezing andneeded to get warm, so they were all inside, butI did have a blast playing with them, man, theyare changing so fast. Zach, you can't shut thatboy up, but he is so full of adventure and I lovelistening to his stories. Zander and Brett fellasleep, so me and Zach had a great time withthe camera, I let him use my small camera, andhe was having a blast taking all kinds of picturesof every toy he has. Thank Goodness, it's digital!Well, that kept me busy for awhile, I neededto get away from this computer, I have beenworking on 3 layouts for about a week now, I amjust not happy with them, into the trashthey keep going, so when hubby called andsaid I need to get out, I didn't disagree thistime. We even did a bit of food shoppingtogether, which that hasn't happened inmany, many moons! But I needed some fruitfor this diet I am on. I kinda started Mondaybut I didn't have my supplies until Wednesday..Ya know, it cost sooo much more moneyto be a diet....LOL I know why peepsdon't stay on them, not because theylose will power, but because they lose all theirmoney!!! LOL This time, I am trying somethingnew... Shakes...NO!, not milk shakes, butthat does sound really good at the moment!It's called Herbal Life, you ever hear of thatbefore? One shake for breakfast and onefor lunch and a sensible dinner. Well,I didn't get the mix until Wednesday, soI have been not as good as I should, butI have been exercising 20 minutes onthe treadmill and doing 10 minutes ofweight lifting. Yesterday was what I calla BAD CAROL DAY... I caved and ate pizza,I know that it's not really that bad...but I notonly had it for lunch, I also had a slice for dinner!!!You fall off the horse, get right back up andride again! So today, I've been really, reallyGOOD! and haven't slipped once, I guess,it's a step by step thing... and lets hopeand pray I make it through the night! LOLOkay, enough about me... I got some thingsI want to show you peeps, well, LOTSof things... First, I want to share somelayouts that peeps are makingwith my Fairytale Dreams kit...they allare soooo wonderful and the imaginationthat went into them, just floors me...Wonderful Work by all of you!!!

This lovely one is by Aggie!

This stunner is by Mel!

Wickel did this beauty!

And Eye made this COOL looking one!Thanks guys, I can't tell ya how cool it is to see thesein the gallery! mwahhhh, to you all!

Have you been over to see KimB lately?? She hasher January CU bag done, and WOW!!Lots of wonderful goodies for all you peepsto play with! You can click HERE to goto here store, it's on sale at the moment,only $8.00!!! A steal, I tell you!!!

You can get them HERE.Between Kim and Jazz, they can both makeyour layouts ROCK!!!!! So what are youwaiting for...RUNNNNNNNNN....lolI will have layouts (hopefully soon), ifI ever get them finished! LOLI do have Kim's color challenge done,I just need to make the preview up andzip it up and upload it.. Guess I willdo that tomorrow, since I will be homebound for a few days! Well,I better to get work on those layouts,they aren't going to get done if I keepyappin away here! Have a great weekendpeeps and as always, take care and be safe!Chow for now!!!

Tell me what ya think, ok....and if you ever get aroundto making something with it, I'd love to see it and show it

off here. Like this one that Marion did... she is the one whogot me thinking about this.

Isn't that cool lookin' and she actually saw that

castle in real life....and if you think the outsideis cool, you should see the inside! Utterly Amazing!

Someday I am going to have to see this in person myself!

As you may have notice, I changed my blog backto the original, and its not because I didn't LOVE it,cause I certainly did, but it seems to take foreverto load up, and I don't like that! I know I have a fastcomputer and its slow for me, I can't image whatit is like for peeps who have an older computer...So for now, I am back to my original, until I can

figure out how to make it not so slowwwww.

Well, I hope everyone had a good New Year's Eve.

Mine was nice and quiet, I got in my jams, had myappetizers and fell asleep 15 minutes before midnight.